The Live Creature and Its Expectations for the Future. The 2000 Charles H. Thompson Lecture-Colloquium Presentation.

Johnson, Sylvia T.

Journal of Negro Education, v69 n1-2 p150-58 Win-Spr 2000

Posits that perceptions of past experience and expectations of the outcomes of future experience can have important consequences for determining young people's educational, career, and life experiences. The lecturer also examines high-stakes test performance and test use as a function of several factors, and traces the history of research on modern standardized testing instruments, particularly as they relate to diverse groups of students. (SM)